Environment

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on February 19 hosted a meeting of the National Committee for Climate Change in Hanoi to discuss its plans to tackle the hot topic of climate change and rising sea levels.

A national meeting and activities in response to World Water Day 2014 will be held on March 21 in Lai Chau, one of the provinces in the watershed of the Red river and Thai Binh river, the largest river

An influx of saline water will flow 40-60km inland, into the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta's coastal provinces next month, according to the Southern Irrigation Science Institute.

The Ministry of Science and Technology has proposed to verify large-scaled projects besides the MoNRE to ensure environmental safety.

The Tay Ninh Province's People's Committee has accepted a petition from the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment to shut down all rubber and cassava processing establishments that discharge waste water directly into the environment.

Many parts of Hong (Red) and Thai Binh rivers have seen its average water level remarkably reduced - by two metres lower than the previous 20 years.

A farmer in Vinh Long Province has been keeping thousands of night herons at his longan orchard without any support from authorities.

US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) torques an engine bolt during a tour of the Cummins-Foton plant in Beijing on February 15, 2014US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) torques an engine bolt during a tour of the

Leading Vietnamese and Japanese scientists gathered at a February 14 seminar in Ho Chi Minh City to discuss the development of low-carbon cities.

A recent study has revealed the economic benefits of wastewater collection and treatment systems far surpass their investment costs.

Authorities in Danang may sue the MNRE after it issued new regulations on hydropower discharge that would threaten the well being of nearly 1.7 million people.

Vietnam is forecast to continue being battered by extreme weather this year after a range of unusual weather phenomena appeared recently.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a list of 151 areas where mineral mining rights will not be auctioned.

A man in Thanh Hoa Province was threatened several times after bringing a case to light in which he claimed that a pesticide manufacturer dumped tonnes of untreated hazardous chemicals on local land.

Professor Vu Quy, who has been named among 35 Heroes of the Environment by Time Magazine, has donated tens of billions of VND from his awards to charity.

Completion of a draft law on sea and island resources and environment will be the main priority of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment's General Department of Sea and Islands this year.

Many localities nationwide on February 7 launched the New Year tree planting festival – an annual activity initiated by late President Ho Chi Minh.

State President Truong Tan Sang has called on Vietnamese people to plant and protect forests for a sustainable ecological environment.

Last year tied for the sixth-hottest on record, confirming that Earth's climate system is in the grip of warming that will affect generations to come, the UN's weather agency said Wednesday.